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Food&Fish
 Post subject: Re: Simo's Block
PostPosted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 8:39 pm 
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Location: sunbury victoria australia.cool mountain zone hot in summer cold in winter
I just put the distribution pipe then shade cloth then soil no hay straw ect
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 Post subject: Re: Simo's Block
PostPosted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 11:54 pm 
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Put a bulkhead fitting, ball valve and hose attachment to my first flush diverter so I could water my vegies with the stagnant water that I would usually just let go on the ground. Pretty happy works well, ever drop counts :cheers:


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 Post subject: Re: Simo's Block
PostPosted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:55 am 
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got a picture of how you connected the ball valve to the cap?
cheers
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 Post subject: Re: Simo's Block
PostPosted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 7:11 am 
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I have used a few like that just glue a 1 1/2 in piece of pipe in the valve then drill a hole in the cap push the pipe through and glue on 1/2 a pipe joiner
Sorry cant find photos
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Simo
 Post subject: Re: Simo's Block
PostPosted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:12 pm 
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fizzyj wrote:
got a picture of how you connected the ball valve to the cap?
cheers


Sorry, angle makes taking a photo impossible and I don't want to unscrew it now that it is in place and not leaking, but I think I can describe it for you.

Drill 30mm hole in middle of the end cap and use standard 25mm bulk head fitting through hole tighten to make the seal, cut half the exposed bulkhead fitting thread off, screw 25mm ball valve onto the remaining thread and screw the piece that you cut off into the other end of the ball valve and screw 25mm tap fitting to this.

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 Post subject: Re: Simo's Block
PostPosted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:23 pm 
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does this help?


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 Post subject: Re: Simo's Block
PostPosted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 4:14 pm 
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Hey thats a bloody great idea... :thumb:

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 Post subject: Re: Simo's Block
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Simo
 Post subject: Re: Simo's Block
PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:33 pm 
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:wave: Went and got a load of cow poo yesterday

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Dug out the composted manure form the poo bath, see how after 4 odd months soaking in the bath it turns to rich soil like structure once the water evaporates

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Top dressed the new wicking bed with it, I will turning it over before planting

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 Post subject: Re: Simo's Block
PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:34 pm 
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Filled the bath again and piled the rest under neath.


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 Post subject: Re: Simo's Block
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do you stock earth worms in your soil beds? the worms work wonders in them.
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 Post subject: Re: Simo's Block
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You can never have enough poo or worms... :thumb:

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 Post subject: Re: Simo's Block
PostPosted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 6:38 pm 
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Yeah, I put composting worms in the wicking beds.

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Simo wrote:
:wave: Went and got a load of cow poo yesterday

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MMMMmmmmmm I want some poo. Things have been so dry around here I have given up this year. Am awaiting the energy to do my next wicking bed, finish mulch bays, chook pen and move my IBC fish tank up to my dirt garden where it will become an azola filled water resiviour for my wicking beds.

Pretty jealous of how your place is looking, you have been working through the heat whereas I have just been hiding :god:
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Simo
 Post subject: Re: Simo's Block
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hot days, no water and delayed shade cloth mean I ripped out all the thirsty plants and just went for the sun hardy ones

Collard greeds, capsicum, sun flowers, strawberried and rhubarb in this bed
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Peanuts loving the full sun

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